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April 22nd, 2004
05:10 pm - London is a memory
Like the subject line say's, while my overseas trip is still fresh in my mind, it is also becoming part of my memory.
In light of this, my London_town journal shall be closing its doors after this entry. If you would like to continue reading about my life/adventures/etc feel free to go to my regular livejournal, which is : venus_got_ugly.
Thanks for reading.
Current Music: Beth Gibbons - Spider Monkey
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April 20th, 2004
08:12 pm - london rain
It's raining here.
I'm back in Portland.
Where it rains.
and rains.
and rains.
And isn't London.
Where things were so right and so wrong,
all at the same time.
The city with museums, music, theatre, everything.
everywhere.
Where people didn't look at each other
and it was ok.
The city where I gave my heart away.
Where I learned that "dry clean only" doesn't necesarily mean "dry clean only"
The city where I learned to dance.
to flirt.
to drink.
to learn from more then just books and lectures.
to listen to my heart.
Where I learned to listen to my emotions.
to be happy.
to be angry.
to cry and be ok with it.
The city where I learned to listen to more then just myself.
To ride buses.
To not be scared of people
or the dark.
Where I learned to speak with an English accent.
to despise intervals.
and pasta.
The city where the professors opened my eyes to theatre.
and music.
Where I learned to love contemporary art.
The city where the wind always seemed to be blowing.
and the rain always seemed to be too hard.
but, now I'm here.
and the rain,
it pours down in a way that is different from london.
and nothing is the same.
and it rains.
and rains.
and i miss the london rain.
Current Music: lisa loeb - drops me down
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April 19th, 2004
02:14 am
I'm going to update one more time (perhaps tommorow...or the next day) and then this lj shall close it's doors forever (or at least until i make my triumph return to the british isles).
the "normal" lj is: venus_got_ugly (if i remember correctly). right. anyway. like i said after the next post or two, swith-a-roo over to venus_got_ugly. or not.
i home by the way.
Current Music: tegan and sara - terrible storm
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April 17th, 2004
10:05 am - 55
i leave in 55 minutes for the airport.
my emotions are running so wild right now that i'm not sure how to process anything. i promise to follow up with something more substantial after i get back to portland, but right now i just want to curl up in a ball of nausea and cry.
goodbye london.
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April 14th, 2004
01:55 pm - so much time, so little to do. wait. strike that. reverse it.
waves of alternating nausea, excitement, and nostalgia are continually washing over me. ugh.
have done so much, but still have two presentations (which most of you know make me want to vomit all over everything) and a music final (which most of you don't know, but I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MUSIC)
things i've completed:
two theatre reviews
one music review
a paper on wesminster abbey
a final in contemporary britain
a list of performances
my HUGE tate modern paper
my "visual culture" paper
a theatre presentation on sarah kane
a handout on the "weather project"
i'm sure there's more, but i'm sleep deprived and might die if i think too hard.
three more days...
Current Music: two printers printing AND a partridge in a pear tree
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April 11th, 2004
11:28 am - smiling (again and again and again...)
When I see you smile
It feels like I’m falling
It’s not for anybody else to know
The way your face could light the bitter dark of every street
In every town I’ll ever go
It’s not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When I see you smile
First thing in the morning
It raises curtains on your lazy eyes
Could it be that you and I have the greatest love to ever be
How could this have ever been before"
It’s not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When Friday night arrives
We’ll let it pass outside the door
This is not for anybody else
Anybody else to know
Bic Runga - when I see you smile
Current Music: Bic Runga - Get Some Sleep
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April 9th, 2004
12:28 pm - ho hum
Fuck. I feel like I haven't updated in weeks...well ok, days. moving on.
haven't been up to much this week. class. work. three plays. right, three plays. tuesday went to "The Permanent Way". A play about trains. It was superbly researched. And there was no interval. I hate intervals. Wednesday went to "Debris". A play at the theatre (B.A.C) where Mahria volunteers. Family. Catholicism. You know, Dad's nailing themselves to crosses sort of thing. Also a one act, which meant no interval. Last night (Thursday) went to Hammersmith and saw "Shockheaded Peter". Quite good. Reminded me a lot of a Tim Burton movie. Also had no interval. woot.
Today. I'm planning on staying in the computer lab until 4:30ish, then running back to the flat, prepare myself for the evening, go to Digress (a bar) for happy hour, then to Indian Food on brick lane, then to Fabric (apparently THE CLUB to go to in London). Hopefully all shall work out and it will be a grand time.
Note: I still haven't changed my plane ticket, but I assure you all that I will be home, sometime, sooner rather then later (hopefully).
Current Music: Damien Rice - Cannonball
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April 5th, 2004
11:00 am - Manchester and York
I must say that this weekend was well spent.
After a mildly insane Thursday night in which I got Katie, Chloe, and Mahria drunk (didn't mean to...lightweights), I got up on Friday, showered, etc. After waking Mahria up (who was incredibly hungover) we made our way to the train station. For once, the tube was working and the ride from Gloucester to Kings X/St. Pancras was short. woot. Made it to the train station with enough time to grab some breakfast, then boarded the train to Manchester. Manchester was a lot of fun. We spent the majority of the day either wandering around, or in a pub/bar/club. It was nice to be away from the flat.
Saturday. Nearly missed our train to York - which was incredibly crowded, some people didn't even have seats, yuck. Got to York, found our hostel. Dave took the group to lunch - Pizza Express - good times had by all. Caught up with Brian who had been in Brighton for Thursday and Friday with his boy toy. Good times. After lunch Glenn, Lizzie, Brian, Lucy, and I made our way to York Minster. The largest gothic cathedral in England. Words cannot describe. So incredibly beautiful. The stained glass...sweet god. There was a choir singing in a part of the cathedral. So beautiful. After spending way to long in the cathedral, met up with Lizzie and Glenn. Wandered around a bit, went to an art gallery (can't remember the name off the top of my head - maybe "Impressions"?), then to a pub (only because it was raining). Went out to dinner with Lizzie and Glenn. During dessert, Brian and Mahria showed up. Then the five of us made our way to the Theatre Royal to see the play called "A Taste of Honey". It was actually quite good for regional theatre. A story about a mother-daughter relationship. Quite depressing actually. When the play got out, we made our way back to the hostel. We had this grand plan to go to an 80's club (because it was Lizzie's 21st birthday!!!), but instead we spent the rest of the evening in the hostel bar. It was insane. A hen party (bachelorette party), a lot of travellers, and after a while, nearly the entire LC group. Craziness. Loads of drama. The highlight of my evening at the bar had to be the crazy hen party. The majority of the women were convinced that Brian was just saying that he was gay because he didn't want to make out with them. It was great. Yeah brian and old women.
Sunday. Woke up. Went to lunch at Burger King. mmmm...burger king. Then to a Morris dancing workshop. For the majority of the week we had been bitching about this workshop, but it turned out to be a ton of fun. We did some clogging, some morris dancing (think men with bells hopping about like fairies), and rapper dancing (it had swords. good times). Afterwards hung out with Glenn, Lizzie, and Mahria in a pub. Decided to head back to London around 5. Took a train that wasn't an express train, so what would have been a two hour journey turned into a four hour trip. ugh. no good. finally made it home. went to bed.
today. doing some work. ugh.
miss you all.
Current Music: Lisa Loeb - She's Falling Apart
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April 2nd, 2004
09:44 am
To manchester I go.
Then york.
woot for being out of london.
miss you all.
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March 31st, 2004
02:01 pm - alive.
London is alive. I woke up today and the sun was pouring in through the windows. The city seems like it just woke up from a long winter's dream. Being in class during this time of the year is so hard. I want to be outside. Listen to music. Read. Be with the ones I love.
In other news. I think I have hives. or bug bites. It's no good. Yesterday I woke up with yucky bumps on my upper arms, calves, and neck. I look like the bride of frankenstein. ugh. they are slowly going away, but i was positive that I was dying last night.
Oh, went to "once upon a time in wigan" last night. anna, you would have loved it. northern soul. i'm still not sure how i feel about it.
meant to write a longer post, but have got to run to class.
Current Music: peter gabriel - solsbury hill
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